Improved tumblee-beuse



GERIIART WIIESL'ER', 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 81,'t'18, dated September 1, .1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, GERIART WIESLER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and Stute ot` Illinois, have invented a. new and use'i'nl Improvement in TumbIer-Brushes; ond I do hereby decla-lio and mztke known that the following is full, clem-alud exact description'ot` the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of' this specification.

My invention relates to that class of brushes which are used for cleaning or'brushing out tumblers, beerglasses, and similar articles, and are mode round 'or of n cylindrical form, with the cnd thereof provided with tufts of bristles or other` material, of which the iiexible portion ofA the brush is made; und it consists in forming the head ofthe brush cfa single piece, und ot' thesamepiece with the handle, and also in arranging within the central bore ofthe brush-heed a cylindrical plug, with passage in the same, through which the wire secur- Ving the end tuft of bristles passes, so as to form shoulder or base upon which'saidend tut't may rest, toenable the wire to be drawn' astightly as' desired, while' the end tut't remains securely and properly in the desired position, without being drawn irnu'ards tdnfur, all nshcreinafter more fully explained and set forth.

`To enable those skilled in the art to understand how to construct and make 'use of my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with pnrticularity, making reference to the `aforesaid drawings, in which- Figure 1 representsa side view ofthe brush-head and handle.

Figure 2 is a. longitudinal central section ofthe seme.

' Figure 3 is similar section of the br'uslrirhen completed; and

Figure 4 is an end view of the brush-head. Y

Similar letters of reference denote the saine parts of my invention in the several iigures..

A represents-the handle, und B 'the head of the brush, to which the bristles are secured, which may be formed ofthe same piece with thc handle il' desired, the main feature of' myinvention being, however, the construction of the` hond ofthe brush ot' a single piece.

Iiisuid brush-head-B isbored or formed a. central longitudinal hole, marked D, and shown in iig. 2, said tubular vbore D having nfs-mall outlet, a, at its bottom opening through the side, as shown.

o In the' said `head are formed holes, b, opening through the shell of thc head into the central opening D, in

i such direction as to cause the tufts of bristles forming the brush to incline towards the end oi`the brush, as is clenrly'shown in thc drwings.

C represents n plug o r cylinder, which1 has :L longitudinitl passage through the centre, and tits into the cylindrical hole D in the bruslnhead, us and for the purposes hereinafter explained and set forth.-

` lo forni the brush, or secure -the bristles within the brushhead, I taken long wire, which is marked c, one end of which I secure to a tuft, T, und then pass the other end through the central hole D, end out of the aforesnid outlet af, us clearly shown in fig. 2.

After having drnwnthe suid tutt 'I firmly into its appropriate hole' 6, by pulling upon the wire or cord c, extending out of -the' holetz, I thcn,.with a suitable hook or instrument, draw up a loop in said wireV or cord through nn 'adjacent hole, b, und insert therein another tut't ofbristles, which is then drawn into place as before mentioned, land so on until the brnsh-head is completed, with theexception of the central opening inthe end of the head.

I thon insert-a loop of snid wire in 'the lower end of the piece C, and pass saidt`old or loop up through to the upper end of said piece C, andpass a tuft of bristles of sudicicnt dimensions to fill said end opening through the loop projecting through said plug C, when the lower end ot' ,the plug C is pass-cd into the central opening D down to thcbottom, whenthcfwire c is drawn down, firmly securing the dest tuft in pluoe, its base resting upon the end of said piece D, so that the wire may be drawn as tight as may be desired, without drawing said tnft too far into the tube, as clearly seen in iigfS. I Y

Whenthe wire-c is drawn tight through the hole a, u plug is driven firmly into said .holen to secure the wire, the-end of which is then cut o' close to the handle. I

I am aware tha-t tumbler-brushes of a similnr form to mine have heretofore been used, wherein the heads were constructed in two sections, taken transversely across, in which the tufts were fastened and the parts afterwards scoured together. v

This mode of constructing the brush involves much more time and expense, and the brush is very liable to come apart in use and becomeuseless.

In my arrangement, by perforating the round cylindrical head, and employing a. cylindrical rod Within, the brush is made much stronger and more durable, and at less expense of time and labor. v

By this arrangement I am enabled to form the brush-head B of a single piece, which may, if desired, be of the same piece as the handle, instead of 4constructing said head in separate pieces and securing them together after the brushtufts are inserted and secured, as is the usual mode of constructing brushes, thus making a much cheaper and stronger brush, and one more quickly and easily manufactured. l

Having described the construction of my brush, I will specify what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

claim the combination of the cylindrical head B, provided with the bore D and the cylindrical filler or plug C, arranged within the bore, as and for the purposes specified.

GERHART WIESLEB.

Witnesses:

W. E. Manns, L. L. GOBURN. 

